BONE-MARROW TOXICITY CAUSED BY AZATHIOPRINE IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE - 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
BONE-MARROW TOXICITY CAUSED BY AZATHIOPRINE IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE - 27 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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DOI:
10.1136/gut.34.8.1081
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发表时间:
1993-08-01
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影响因子:
24.5
通讯作者:
LENNARDJONES, JE
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作者:
CONNELL, WR;KAMM, MA;LENNARDJONES, JE
Myelosuppression is an important and potentially lethal complication of azathioprine treatment. The blood count has been reviewed in all patients treated with azathioprine for inflammatory bowel disease over 27 years in one hospital. Altogether 739 patients (422 with Crohn's disease, 284 with ulcerative colitis, and 33 with indeterminate colitis) were treated with 2 mg/kg/day azathioprine for a median of 12 . 5 months (range 0 . 5-132) between 1964 and 1991. Full blood counts were performed monthly for the duration of treatment. In 37 patients (5%) who developed bone marrow toxicity, the drug was withdrawn or the dose reduced. Thirty two of these patients were asymptomatic and five developed symptoms. Leucopenia (white blood count less than 3.0X10g/l) occurred in 28 (3-8%) patients, in nine of whom it was severe (white blood count